movie review - The Good Thief
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Toronto, 2003.11.15
This is a caper flick starring Nick Nolte. I understand that the man actually took to using heroin to prepare for the roll he had in this movie. I'm not impressed, and I wasn't terribly impressed with this movie either.
It suffered from a bit of the same 'overly clever' writing that all movies in this genre do (see 'Heist' by David Mamet). And it featured a truly ridiculous run of good luck at the casino that in effect saves the day - deus ex machina on film, oh boy.
Not recommended.